RFXCom on Raspberry

[andersh]

I just hooked up a RFXCom device (RFXtrx433E) to my Raspberry.

The device seems to work ok (at least the receiver part), but when I try to configure it I get the following error:

to feb 26 17:09:55 2015 SrciptDevice::selfCall::inbound / /opt/girder/lua/rfxcom/backend.lua:258: attempt to index field 'packet1' (a nil value)
to feb 26 17:09:55 2015 stack traceback:
to feb 26 17:09:55 2015 /opt/girder/lua/rfxcom/backend.lua:258: in function 'updateDevice'
to feb 26 17:09:55 2015 /opt/girder/lua/rfxcom/backend.lua:323: in function </opt/girder/lua/rfxcom/backend.lua:288>

Any suggestions?

[Ron]

Can you place the attached lua file into the <GIRDER\lua\rfxcom directory. It should overwrite and existing directory. Then restart Girder, try to configure the RFXCom and check the Lua console output. Copy and paste it here.

[andersh]

That looks much better:

to feb 26 19:33:35 2015 RFXom::connectionCB / connected, resetting device done true
to feb 26 19:33:35 2015 RFXCom::reset / status = true
to feb 26 19:33:35 2015 RFXCom::reset / Getting status
to feb 26 19:33:35 2015 RFXom::connectionCB / connected, resetting device...
to feb 26 19:33:35 2015 startup running...
to feb 26 19:33:35 2015 rootStartup running...

Thanks for fast and excellent support. Now I just have to pair those switches...

[Ron]

Everything ok then?

[andersh]

Well, I'm just trying to figure out how to pair Girder to my Nexa light switches. Can it be done from within Girder, is there a quick and simple documentation somewhere?

[Ron]

As far as I can tell you just need to get the ID of the switch and then you can control it through Lighting2.

[andersh]

Yes. That's what I thought also. But when I press the learn button on the switch, I see nothing in the Girder logs.

I've successfully paired the switch with the RFXCom device using Windows and the RFXMngr program. That way I also obtained the ID of the switch.

When I create a "AC" entry in Girder, fill in the ID and other information I obtained from RFXMngr, it does not work.

I have a couple of transmit devices (e.g. a remote control) , and I can see them just fine in Girder.

I'll keep on testing...

[andersh]

Testing did not help much.
I cannot get this to work from Girder on Raspberry. Will try Girder on Windows tomorrow.

[andersh]

Got it working after a bit of testing and failing. Much more intuitive once you've figured out how everything is meant to work...